If you plan to sue them, I suggest writing the custom classes that use the fbclient.dll.

That's what I did...the writing, not the suing... ;)
Kurt.


----- Original Message ----
From: Norman McFarlane <norman@...>
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:26:36 AM
Subject: RE: [firebird-support] Firebird / Delphi newsgroup













Thanks Tim, but no, I plan to sue either Interbase Express components, or to

write a series of custom classes that tap into the fbclient.dll directly.



Regards,



Norman McFarlane



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From: firebird-support@ yahoogroups. com

[mailto:firebird-support@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Tim

Sent: 14 February 2008 03:50 PM

To: firebird-support@ yahoogroups. com

Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Firebird / Delphi newsgroup



Are you already using a set of Database interface components?



If not, I can highly recommend IBObjects, even though I don't use them.



Regards



Tim



At 13:20 14/02/2008, you wrote:

>Hi all,

>First post here.

>I am working on a db conversion from MySQL to Firebird with a Delphi 5

>front-end.

>I need to pose a question or two about D5 and Firebird, but believe this is

>the wrong forum. Can somebody direct me to the correct forum where I may

ask

>such questions?

>

>Regards,

>Norman McFarlane

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